2025 Best French Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
3Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
17Bachelor's Degrees
French Studies is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #643 out of the 1232 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for french studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 17 bachelor's degrees in french studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Choosing a Great French Studies School for Your Bachelor's Degree
The french studies bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on french studies students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - How many other french studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized french studies related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for french studies students working on their bachelor's degree.
The french studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best French Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.
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Featured French Studies Programs
Learn about start dates, transferring credits, availability of financial aid, and more by contacting the universities below.
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Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in french studies has to check out Fordham University. Located in the large city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in french studies from Fordham University
Barnard College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in french studies. Located in the large city of New York, Barnard is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in french studies from Barnard College
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).